{"id":5032,"date":"2026-05-23T14:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conference.thestar.com.my\/cloudtech\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=5032"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:50:35","slug":"ken-tan-tzi-kieng","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/conference.thestar.com.my\/cloudtech\/speaker\/ken-tan-tzi-kieng\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Tan Tzi Kieng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ken Tan<\/strong> is Chief Technology Officer at Digital Nasional Berhad, established in 2021 to drive the development of the 5G infrastructure in Malaysia. He is responsible for the development and operations of the telecommunications and IT networks.<\/p><p>He joined DNB in July 2021 from Optus, Australia where he worked for over 20 years. 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